The winner of the 2009 NPC Mr. Ohio Bodybuilding Championships was sentenced to sixty days in jail after being convicted of multiple anabolic steroid distribution charges. Super-heavyweight champion Drew “Big Country” Smith was caught up in the aftermath of the “Operation Bulk-Up” steroid investigation. Smith was one of thirteen people who were sentenced to jail (or prison) for steroid-related crimes. He was the last of the defendants to be sentenced in “Operation Bulk-Up”. [Read more…]

Competitive bodybuilder Phil Musson was caught trying to import anabolic steroids and performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) into New Zealand last month. The steroid bust would have been bad enough on its own. However, the bodybuilder was already facing 291 counts of possession and distribution of performance- and image-enhancing drugs (PEIDs) from earlier in the year. [Read more…]

Arnold Schwarzenegger decided against releasing any new details regarding his use of anabolic steroids during his days as a competitive bodybuilder in his new autobiography. Even worse, Arnold tries to trivialize the significance of steroids when he does mention them in “Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story.” [Read more…]

It was the best of times and the worst of times for Greg Doucette. The bodybuilder had recently been awarded a Pro Card by the International Federation of Bodybuilders (IFBB). Doucette won the light heavyweight division at the 2012 Canadian National Bodybuilding Championships on August 18, 2012. Becoming an IFBB pro bodybuilder is a dream come true for any competitive bodybuilder. But the dream was interrupted only a few weeks later when Doucette was busted with an alleged $250,000 worth of anabolic steroids. [Read more…]

Andy Fiedler, a former competitive powerlifter and national-level bodybuilder, was sentenced to five years of probation and 500 hours of community service for his involvement with anabolic steroids. United States District Judge Patrick J. Schiltz also prohibited Fiedler from drinking alcohol and using drugs (steroids) as a condition of his probation. But Fiedler was able to avoid imprisonment. [Read more…]

Arnold Scharzenegger claimed that his late mother-in-law once commissioned a report documenting the effects of anabolic steroids on fertility. Eunice Shriver, the mother of Maria Shriver, was so concerned about her daughter not being pregnant after almost three years of marriage to the champion bodybuilder, that she presented her daughter with a “scientific briefing” on the side effects of steroids with particular emphasis on the effect on fertility. The revelations were made in Scharzenegger’s soon-to-be released autobiography according to the New York Daily News. [Read more…]

The International Natural Bodybuilding Federation (INBF) was created to provide “natural bodybuilders” with the option to compete against athletes who do not use anabolic steroids, human growth hormone (hGH) or any other muscle-building drugs prohibited by the INBF. As with all athletic competitions, there have always been people that don’t play by the rules. In spite of the fact that most bodybuiding contests tacitly allow the use of steroids and don’t test for steroids, some steroid-using bodybuilders still insist on trying to gain an advantage in bodybuilding competitions specifically designated for “drug-free” bodybuilders. [Read more…]

The president of the Singapore Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation (SBBF) has admitted to dispensing advice regarding the use of anabolic steroids. While the widespread use of steroids, human growth hormone (hGH) and other muscle-building drugs is well-known in the world of bodybuilding, local news websites are treating the revelation involving SBBF President Rano Izhar as something of a scandal. Izhar didn’t distribute anabolic steroids. He simply disseminated information. [Read more…]

A 20-year old Australian man was an “unfashionable, nerdy” teenager when he began selling anabolic steroids. But Jory Humphreys only starting trafficking steroids to gain popularity according to his attorney. This was the defense presented to Justice Peter Applegarth during sentencing. And it worked. [Read more…]

The collaboration between Olympic sprinter David Jenkins and the infamous steroid guru Dan Duchaine to create a multi-million underground steroid laboratory (UGL) in the 1980s was recently highlighted in a book excerpt published by the Scotsman.com. Richard Moore, the author of the “The Dirtiest Race in History: Ben Johnson, Carl Lewis and the Seoul Olympic 100m Final,” interviewed Jenkins and asked him about his steroid past. [Read more…]